Speight of Violence Inside Fiji's 2000 Coup |
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| Author:
| Field, Michael
Baba, Tupeni
Nabobo-Baba, Unaisi |
| ISBN: | 978-1-74076-170-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2005 |
| Publisher: | Pandanus Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Co-written by veteran Pacific journalist Michael Field, this is a lively account of Fiji's 2000 coup when a gang of soldiers and failed politicians, led by a businessman called George Speight, burst into Fijis Parliament. It was supposed to be a coup by indigenous Fijians against an ethnic Indian led government. But as Speights gang held a Prime Minister and his government hostage for 56 days the spectacle turned into a savage power struggle pitting Fijians against each other. Speight...
More DescriptionCo-written by veteran Pacific journalist Michael Field, this is a lively account of Fiji's 2000 coup when a gang of soldiers and failed politicians, led by a businessman called George Speight, burst into Fijis Parliament. It was supposed to be a coup by indigenous Fijians against an ethnic Indian led government. But as Speights gang held a Prime Minister and his government hostage for 56 days the spectacle turned into a savage power struggle pitting Fijians against each other. Speight of Violence reveals what happened in the coup and the bloody military mutiny that followed.